Improvising Know-How Modes TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | Nov 26 2016 | 239 MB

In these simplified video tutorials, piano master Tom Regis explores different Modes as one of the keys to unlocking the art of improvisation, and includes a bit of approachable theory that can be immediately put into practice! The goal of these lessons is to show the forest through the trees, and allow the viewer who may have blocks when it comes to improvising, a way through. This series can also apply to those more experienced, presenting a different approach to using modes.

How To Make Future House

SYNTHiC4TE | Nov 11 2020 | 9.97 GB

S.A proudly welcomes another brand new tutor this week – Producer, DJ and label manager, M.Shiver. With productions and remixes of some of the finest DJs globally including Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, Above & Beyond and Markus Schulz along with releases on Anjunabeats, Armada Music, Enhanced and Big & Dirty, Mike has clearly been doing something right and he’s joined us for a truly epic course showing How To Make Future House. If you want something to get your teeth into while in lockdown then we guarantee this huge course has all bases covered in Sonic Academy’s biggest course ever! From recording and processing live vocals, tons of unique sound design, multi-layering of bass lines and top synths to finite processing, mixing and mastering. Get comfy because this is a mammoth journey that will take you from a blank template right through to fully completed massive multi-layered track! Check it out!

How To Make Bass House in Logic Pro X

SYNTHiC4TE | Sept 15 2019 | 2.8 GB

How To Make Bass House in Logic Pro, inviting brand new tutor Codes to the party as he takes us from start to finish on how he built his track ‘Baby’. Hailing from New York, Codes has been slanging club records to the underground for sometime now and with funky sample-flipping productions along with releases on Dirtybird, Night Bass, STMPD, This Ain’t Bristol, IN/ Rotation, Psycho Disco and Country Club Disco and the launch of his own label ‘Holy Molé’, the future’s looking pretty good for Codes right now. Using Logic Pro X Codes crafts this dope disco-esque funky track featuring Shoshannah’s enduring vocals for some feel-good house vibes from scratch.

How To Make Groovy Techno TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | Dec 14 2016 | 879 MB

Christain produced one of the highest rated courses on the site this year, and we just had to ask him back for an end of year blowout. Here he delivers a stormin ‘How To Make Groovy Techno’ His trademark darkness gets a lift with a funky element bassline and pounding drums. We watch as Christian goes through in detail his project setup, programmes a monster techno kick in Kick 2 and then creates bass layers using ANA to add a groovy drive to the track. As is usual, this is a no-nonsense, straight to the point course, that delivers on learning, tips, tricks and wicked production techniques!

Mix Front of House for Live Bands

P2P | 05 March 2020 | 2.22 GB

Learn form the audio engineers working with Prodigy and the Libertines! This in-depth master class is aimed at Live Sound Engineers and takes us through each step of putting together a front of house mix for live music – from the moment you arrive at a venue as a touring engineer to getting the final mix up and running. Jon Burton (Prodigy) & Justin Grealy (Libertines) take a comprehensive look at the input and output channels, outboard rack and interconnections, each individual sound source and working the mix until it’s right; is filled with tips, tricks and some excellent advice. The course consists of 19 videos that cover each step of the process, from arriving at the venue and getting to grips with your environment, testing the sound system, deciding on a mix position, discusses the mixing console in detail, getting connected and then Jon Burton goes through the band channel by channel, develops a mix and discusses his personal methods and recipes for success.

How To Make Big Room Techno

SYNTHiC4TE | Oct 02 2019 | 2.72 GB

Techno legend for an all-new Ableton based ‘How To Make’ course and this time he’s taking a no-nonsense approach by building a driving, energetic Big Room Techno track. With just five main elements – kick, bass, synth, an 808 kit and a drum loop Christian builds this track from scratch, and as with all of his tutorials he utilises Ableton’s racks to modulate and manipulate the different sounds so there’s a constant flow of frequencies, velocities, delays and reverbs to keep the track moving, interesting and energetic. Unlike most other club tracks there are no specific breakdowns, build-ups and drops in this track, however with slick use of filter automation Christian cleverly manages to create those ‘hands-in-the-air’ moments in this driving, brooding classic. Another super accessible course for all abilities from a true professional. Take your skillz to the next level and check it out!

How To Record Vocals

Team DECiBEL | 06 Feb 2021 | 646MB

4 Videos 20:00 | Presets: 0

In this week’s all new course, R.S teaches his complete vocal chain and workflow for recording vocals like a pro. This tutorial covers everything from the mic, to hardware processing, into the Apollo interface and Console app where Reid creates a headphone mix for any vocalist. This course also covers the correct levels for recording vocals with and without hardware in between your microphone and interface. After recording vocals Reid uses LUFS metering plugins to check the levels of vocals against other mix groups such as Drums, synths, and mastering.